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Why did I let myself believe that things could end well at the end of this episode with Gardar and Arhneid? I was too optimistic, too hopeful. And now my heart is broken. Neither of them deserved this and all I wanted was for them to live freely as a family once again. It was bittersweet in the way that Gardar got to reunite with his son but Arnheid!! She’s lost everything and everyone she cared about right after starting to believe she could get them back. This is too much, it’s too sad. Hope you enjoy!
Why did I let myself believe that things could end well at the end of this episode with Gardar and Arhneid? I was too optimistic, too hopeful. And now my heart is broken. Neither of them deserved this and all I wanted was for them to live freely as a family once again. It was bittersweet in the way that Gardar got to reunite with his son but Arnheid!! She’s lost everything and everyone she cared about right after starting to believe she could get them back. This is too much, it’s too sad. Hope you enjoy!
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peak saga
So fun fact, this show confirmed the fan theory that Snake is, in fact, a former Varangian Guardsman.
Lemme explain:
On Twitter, the director of Vinland Saga confirmed the anime was working with material given to them by Yukimura, the author of Vinland Saga, to make an anime-only episode exploring Snake's background.
The director also apologized that he couldn't fit the episode into the season, but they did include details from Yukimura throughout the episode.
This brings us to Snake, whom Referred to himself as "A Man from Miklagard."
Miklagard, or "The Great City," was the Viking name for Constantinople.
The Vikings had been hired as Mercenaries by the Byzantines since the 780s, and Basil II formally established the Varangian Guard In 988, well within the timeline for Snake's youth.
Crying even knowing the Manga, the added scenes of Gardar coming home kick you so hard in the gut. Get ready for the ramping up to start! Also Snake confirmed he was in the Varangian Guard in Constantinople, they were high class vikings working for the Byzantines.
30:47 – You are right!! 😭
Amazing story damn vinland.
Gardar and Hjalti actually met in heaven…
This and episode 9 were the best of this season so far
Vinland saga is cinema. There's no way this won't win multiple awards at the next anime awards
The absolut regret in Gardar. A good man guided by misguided ideas.
Fair warning, I haven't read the manga but the manga readers have been mentioning that next episode is going to be very very brutal, so be prepared
Gardar was just a husband and a father who wanted to protect his family. War is horrible. It's nice to know that Thorfinn has been able to break the cycle of violence with himself and he wants to change.
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jaja se murió
This is the only anime that made me cry🥲
Snake just sleep not dead
Nuevo sub..
Painland Saga
That fight was so well done, past Thorfinn would've won that fight, but present Thorfinn still has a lot to learn to become a real warrior, just like his father. In a way, I'm glad he lost the fight, showing that he's truly changing. While Snake won the fight, he lost the (mental) war. Revenge this, life for life that. What does killing Gardar achieve? It won't bring back your dead men.
And oh man, the emotions in this episode spiked massively. We all knew they couldn't have a happy ending, and it still hit me like a truck. Seeing him watch his past self leaving his family behind was a punch in the gut. The regret he must've felt.. nothing is worth more than your family, not even 'the greater good'.
Amazing episode and series.
In this era, there is no place to shelter runaway slaves, and couples are separated as slaves again.
Best episode this season 10/10
Wouldn't kill snake off like that after the dramatic death scene for Gardar as a more minor character. So he's alive. lol
Somehow and someway this episode took an already incredible chapter and made it a masterful one. They added so much to Arnheid and Gardar's final moments together. I'm not ashamed to admit I was sobbing when Gardar saw Hjalti.
Vinland Saga is a masterpiece!
great episode and reaction as always
I'm fkin broken rn… Very tragic end…
30:45 😢
I've read the Manga I cried and watch the anime and also cried. whoever directed and produced and wrote that beautiful piano score in this masterpiece of an episode will have my respect till the day I die and thanks for the reaction.
This episode showed us that Gardar did a lot right things, as a father & husband, except for that moment he left his family… that's his sole biggest regret.
Arnheid "saw him home safely & peacefully".
Incredible episode. It’s crazy to think now with full context that Gardar was the first character introduced to us all the way at the start or S2.
Can I also give respect to the fact that Vinland doesn’t paint him as a villain? It would be so easy to just make Gardar a crappy husband who abandoned his wife. But it shows us how people will do violence out of love. Is it misdirected? Sure. But is it evil? Was Gardar evil? Or was he just a man placed in tragic circumstances? That’s the question Vinland is asking us with this episode.
The second part bored me
Agh it's just an anime guys
But can someone cover our backs by cutting some onions ..
your neck showing
mann..i'm crying watching this..
Snake deserves it, if you try to kill me I'll kill you, it's not hard to understand, Gardar is right. Stop simp Snake
The visuals in this episode are just perfect. The sky becomes the sea, the empty streets, the rain. And there are a lot of graphic hints. There's not a single line, it's all about the visuals. those dreamlike expression is a work of art. 10/10
Thanks a lot for your great reaction 🙏…..i'm actually scared of some ep in this anime, healthy, brave or good human invaded other country, been slave and be dead …..this be not the fiction but real….?!🤔
i hoping next.
That scene of Gardar regret really broke me😭😭
I never thought I’d cry for a new side character just introduced this season, but Arhneid and Gardars love story broke me😭💔.
I don't think, I've cried as much as I did here compared to any season of anything I've watched… I knew, the moment they got into the wagon, Gardar didn't have much time left. Not just that, I knew it was geographically impossible to get back to Sweden on land…
I- i've got nothing else to say… Thanks for the reaction… I'm gonna need some happiness after this episode…